597771 - Link hover in location bar: The arrow needs better styling

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Description

[skierpage]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20100918 Firefox/4.0b7pre
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20100918 Firefox/4.0b7pre

I'm getting used to the URLs of hovered links appearing in the location bar.
But in nightly Mozilla 64-bit builds on Kubuntu 10.04 (using I believe some compatibility Gnome theme) the arrow between the current URL and the new one looks bad.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Roll over a hyperlink
2. Watch the location bar
Actual Results:  
The arrow in the location bar:
* Has a weird gray bloom to its right that draws the eye
* Leaves space to its left
* Is bigger and appears darker than the hovered URL after it, so your eye is drawn to it rather than the new text.
* Has a pixel glitch in the top border.

Expected Results:  
a) Get rid of the gray bloom and pixel glitch
b) If the current URL is truncated, shift the arrow left to overlap the ellipsis.  That way it looks less like a standalone element
c) Lighten the arrow
d) Make the new URL text darker than the arrow (this is bug 597382).
e) Make the arrow more chrome-like, e.g. round the pixels, doorhangar style.
f) um....?

I'll attach a picture that addresses a,b,c.

I also agree with a bug/comment somewhere about lightening the current favicon/site info when the hovered URL appears.

The overall feel should be that the current locations retreats/is overlayed to show the new URL.  That's a bigger topic than these arrow glitches, good luck getting there!

Comment 1

[skierpage]

Attachment: screenshot showing glitches, and a possible fix

Comment 2

[Dave Garrett]

Confirming based on basic premise of this bug.

I've said this elsewhere, but I really would like this arrow to stand out more. I think it should be "hyperlink blue" or "go button green" on all OSes.

Comment 3

[Josh Tumath]

"Go button green" would be more appropriate in this case, and since authors usually change the colour of hyperlinks.